Future-proofing the voluntary sector
Keele University and Aberystwyth University are carrying out a major research project to explore how organisations in England and Wales who work with offenders and their families are responding to the current period of deep change.
The Voluntary Sector Resilience project aims to not only gain an understanding of current trends, but to use the results to inform the foundations for slow burning change in the hope that it will contribute to future-proofing voluntary sector organisations.
The research will contribute to a robust evidence base with which to demonstrate to policy makers, legislators and commissioners those factors that are supporting voluntary sector participation in working with people in the Criminal Justice System and their communities, and factors which are obstructing those goals. They need you to help them explore the ways organisations are adapting, resisting, planning, processing, diversifying, exiting or entering the criminal justice arena. How are you doing this, and why?
What does voluntary sector resilience mean to you?
The project wants to hear from you - what does voluntary sector resilience mean to organisations and stakeholders working in criminal justice in England and Wales? Are you managing to balance the demands of a competitive market with the demands of your clients and communities, while still placing your ethos front and centre? What are your experiences?
This invitation applies to all voluntary organisations who have offenders as part of their service user base - providers in any service area or type of work; and any size, income, and location in England or Wales. The survey only takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
Have your say, contribute to the research here
Read the blog by Dr Kelly Prince and Dr Mary Corcoran to find out more about the project here
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